Mining Ore with Ziplex Z1 Seeker at the Ice region on Arkadia

After my last mining run I log in to teh game at the spot that I left previous day. And droped few probes. And I decided to go to the nearest town to sell some stuff. And before I press T boom global 287 Lysterium Stone. My best global so far and my first in mining. Actualy I have been mining with real, not the rookie gear, 2 days only. And I was level 1 or 0 in my Mining professions. And I was ready to do one more mining run even if the return is not very good I am still going to be on proffit.
Also I found that the Arkadia starting TT Excavator is better then the Calypso starting TT Excavator. I mean you can max it faster. And now I can use it on max when I extract ores. When I gain more mining skills I will probably switch back to the Calypso extractor.
This time I went to the snow part of the Arkadia, but I don't like mining there. First half of the mining run was good, but then it all got empty and almost no claims.

Mining details:
Date: 1 of June 2011
Duration:
VU: 11.10.3
Place: Planet Arkadia, The Ice region
Land Tax: 0% Hunting; 0% Mining
Resource type: Ore
Professions:
Prospector: 2
Miner: 2
Equipment:
Finder: Ziplex Z1 Seeker; MAXED; Range: 54; Depth: 204; Durability: Very Good
Extractor: Rock Ripper 1 (L); MAXED for ore; Efficiency: 6.6
Loot TT Value: 75.49 PED
Lysterium Stone: 52.57 PED
Zulax Stones: 1.30 PED
Telfium Stones: 4.90 PED
Copper Stone: 10.72 PED
Kaz Stones: 2.08
Erdorium Stone: 1.20
Banite Stones: 1.36
Caldorite Stone: 1.36

Mining Chart

Mining cost:
Ammo: 100 PED
Drops: 100
Claims:
Ziplex Z1 Seeker decay: 0.76 PED
Rock Ripper 1 (L) decay: 1 PED
Total expenses: 101.76 PED
Loot - Total Expenses = 75.49 - 101.76 = -26.27 PED (74.18% TT return)
(Formula: retturn in % = (loot/total expenses)*100)

Mining Ore with Ziplex Z1 Seeker at the Desert on Arkadia

Hunting seems to be bugged now. At least you get a lot of Failed messages. Good time to skill in mining. I am noob miner and never got any luck on Calypso, but on Arkadia I found few IX claims with the TT finder and my TT return is usualy around 100% and some of the stones I find has decent MU and it seems more profitable for me than hunting.
I got some really nice TT finder. It gains 0.1 tier for every 10 drops. I tiered it to level 1 just with 1 mining run. And until level 8 all tier rates are with 3 digits. Soon I will have tier 8 finder. This run I did in the desert on Arkadia. With 100 drops I have to cross big distance. I haven't maxed the Excavator so I expect my TT return to get even better when I get some skills.
Soon after that mining run I got my first mining global ever. It was in the desert on Arkadia. I got 287 PED of Lysterium Stone. Level XVI claim.

Mining details:
Date: 31 of May 2011
Duration:
VU: 11.10.3
Place: Planet Arkadia, The Desert
Land Tax: 0% Hunting; 0% Mining
Resource type: Ore
Professions:
Prospector: 1
Miner: 1
Equipment:
Finder: Ziplex Z1 Seeker; MAXED; Range: 54; Depth: 204; Durability: Very Good
Extractor: Earth Excavator ME/01; NOT MAXED; Efficiency: 6.8
Loot TT Value: 78.33 PED
Lysterium Stone: 41.91 PED
Ospra Stones: 10.26 PED (133% MU)
Zulax Stones: 5.20 PED
Yulerium Stones: 1 PED
Megan Stone: 5.40 PED
Telfium Stones: 4.62 PED
Copper Stone: 7.84 PED
Veda Stones: 2.10 PED

Mining cost:
Ammo: 100 PED
Drops: 100
Claims: 32 (Hitrate: 32%)
Ziplex Z1 Seeker decay: 0.76 PED
Earth Excavator ME/01 decay: 0.96 PED
Total expenses: 101.72 PED
Loot - Total Expenses = 78.33 - 101.72 = -23.39 PED (77.01% TT return)
(Formula: retturn in % = (loot/total expenses)*100)

Mining with Ziplex Z1 and Ziplex Ju10 at LA57 close to Z's Little Farm on Calypso

Belkar Stone IX

This is mining run before the big mining update on 17 of May 2011 when MindArk with VU 11.10 made big change in the mining system. There are now 2 new mining professions and 1 new space related profession. Also the ore tools are combined with the en-matter tools. 

After few not so successful hunts I decided to try my luck in mining. I am just starting with this profession, but I decided to go out with the TT equipment instead of the rookie one. I still don't have the skills to use it on max but I still got few good claims and also a lot of skills. And probably I had some beginers luck and finished on profit that day.

Mining details:

Date: 19 of January 2011

VU: 11.5.5

Place: Planet Calypso, Eudoria, LA57 closest teleport Z's Little Farm

Coordinates: 27833, 56749, 212

Professions:

Prospector: 0

Miner: 0

Surveyor: 0

Driller: 0

Equipment:

Ore Finder: Ziplex Z1 OreSeeker, Depth 194,4/204, SIB: Yes, Not maxed

Ore Finder Amplifier: none

Ore Excavator: Earth Excavator ME/01, Efficiency 4,4/6,8, SIB: Yes, Not maxed

Matter Seeker: Ziplex Ju10 MatterSeeker, Depth 184,1/204, SIB: Yes, Not maxed

Matter Seeker Amplifier: none

Energy Extractor: Energy Extractor EE/01, Efficiency 3,7/6,8, SIB: Yes, Not maxed

Armor: BodyGuard L

Tools: Omegaton Fast Aid Pack FAP-5 (Not maxed)

Chips: Teleportation Chip I

Bombs: 27 PED

Probes: 14 PED

Ores TT: 47,03 (Belkar Stone 22,04 PED, Iron Stone 19,24 PED, Gazzurdite Stone 5,75 PED)

En matter TT: 6,40 (Garcen Grease 4,30 PED, Magerian Mist 1,50 PED, Typonolic Steam 0,60 PED)

Decay:

Ore Finder: 0,69

Matter Seeker: 0,25

Ores TT - Bombs = 47,03 - 27 = +20,03

Ores TT - Bombs - Ore Finder Decay = 47,03 - 27 - 0,69 = +19,34

En matter TT - Probes = 6,40 - 14 = -7,60

En matter TT - Probes - Matter Seeker Decay = 6,40 - 14 - 0,25 = -7,85

Total: +11,49

Belkar Stone IX in LA57

Iron Stone IX in LA57